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government agencies and respected welfare bodies through a statutory

payment mechanism.

The targeted welfare programme will function as a universal social safety net

for all qualified citizens, just like the system in many developed countries.

At the start, this social security programme will prioritise those with low

income living in rural areas, especially in Kedah, Kelantan, and Sabah, as
well as FELDA and FELCRA areas. This scheme will be widened across

Malaysia gradually.

The implementation of this scheme will require a significant improvement in

the database and information kept by the government. The information now
stored by the National Registration Department, e-Kasih, Inland Revenue

Board, and other agencies, including at state level, will need to be

coordinated and updated to ensure accuracy.

Oil and gas-producing states will be given royalty or its appropriate
equivalent value. The cruelty of UMNO and Barisan Nasional that have been

denying these payments based on political leanings will be stopped

immediately.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will increase the royalty payment to

Sabah and Sarawak, and other oil producing states, to 20 percent or of its
value equivalent, so that the respective states can take over and fund more

of their own development activities.

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